"Major Variola (ret)" wrote:
> Jeezum, how old *are* you? We haven't called vacuum tubes 'valves' for
> some time..
Oh yes we do! I never call them anything but "valves".
> Someone said something earlier about tube/valve amps giving a boost to
> the high end, for older, hearing-damaged rockers. I don't think the
> frequency response has evern been an issue...tube amps are said to have
What's happening with you, Tim ? Your short term memory malfunction gives a
p
At 01:42 PM 6/6/02 -0700, Tim May wrote:
>Someone said something earlier about tube/valve amps giving a boost to
>the high end, for older, hearing-damaged rockers.
Mr. Elloi wrote first about the fashion for "valve" audio amps and then
mentioned that some yahoos listen with Dolby emphesis. I com
On Thu, 6 Jun 2002, Tim May wrote:
> (Booty being a black slang term for ass; no doubt related to "trunk" as
> body part, as in "swim trunks.")
I always thought it came from pimp slang - booty being what you
take as a pirate. My kids love to shake their booty, and have no idea
of the history e
On Thursday, June 6, 2002, at 01:27 PM, Mike Rosing wrote:
> On Thu, 6 Jun 2002, Major Variola (ret) wrote:
>
> the Brits have been calling "tubes" "valves" forever. Just like a
> "hood"
> is a "bonnet". Has nothing to do with age.
>
Interesting the way terms like give hints about etymology
On Thu, 6 Jun 2002, Major Variola (ret) wrote:
> Jeezum, how old *are* you? We haven't called vacuum tubes 'valves' for
> some
> time.. Must get tiresome carting around the Leyden jar condensers for
> your differential
> analyzer..
the Brits have been calling "tubes" "valves" forever. Just l
At 12:25 PM 6/6/02 -0700, Morlock Elloi wrote:
>There are also a lot of motion artefacts which give a certain "feel" do
DVD
>image - but then, that may become fashionable, as valve amplifiers are
again
Jeezum, how old *are* you? We haven't called vacuum tubes 'valves' for
some
time.. Must
At 12:25 PM 6/6/2002 -0700, Morlock Elloi wrote:
> > The official (legal) resolutions for optical media are:
> >
> > 720 X 576 (480 NTSC). Used by most DVD.
>...
>
>Physical number of lines is far from being the only measure of quality.
>
>Compression has a huge impact, and so do other digital art
> The official (legal) resolutions for optical media are:
>
> 720 X 576 (480 NTSC). Used by most DVD.
...
Physical number of lines is far from being the only measure of quality.
Compression has a huge impact, and so do other digital artifacts.
For instance, just take a look at the opening sc
At 11:29 PM 6/5/2002 -0700, Tim May wrote:
On Wednesday, June 5, 2002, at 08:37 PM, Morlock Elloi wrote:
>>>I only bought one (1) VHS tape, ever (*). That was "Pulp Fiction." So
far, I don't have it on DVD.
>>DVDs are probably the first product ever rolled out exclusively for content
control pu
On Wed, Jun 05, 2002 at 07:25:37PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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>
> On Wed, 5 Jun 2002, Jim Choate wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 3 Jun 2002, Trei, Peter wrote:
> >
> > > Well, I'm convinced - I guess that's why every single album today is
> > > released on both CD *and* vinyl - can't piss off the
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> Ok, somebody correct me if I'm wrong here, but didn't they officially
cease
> production of vinyl pressings several years ago? As in *all* viny
On Wed, 5 Jun 2002, Jim Choate wrote:
> On Mon, 3 Jun 2002, Trei, Peter wrote:
>
> > Well, I'm convinced - I guess that's why every single album today is
> > released on both CD *and* vinyl - can't piss off the tens of millions of
> > turntable owners, after all.
>
> That's not correct. Ther
At 05:06 PM 6/3/2002 -0400, Trei, Peter wrote:
>Tim, I think you're missing the point here. Valenti and his ilk would like
nothing more than to force you to to rebuy your visual media *again*, but
they don't have to. I'll bet dollars to donuts that you've rebought some of
your VCR tapes as DVDs. W
> Jim Choate[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote:
>
> On Mon, 3 Jun 2002, Trei, Peter wrote:
>
> > Well, I'm convinced - I guess that's why every single album today is
> > released on both CD *and* vinyl - can't piss off the tens of millions of
>
> > turntable owners, after all.
>
> That's not cor
On Mon, 3 Jun 2002, Trei, Peter wrote:
> Well, I'm convinced - I guess that's why every single album today is
> released on both CD *and* vinyl - can't piss off the tens of millions of
> turntable owners, after all.
That's not correct. There are lots of albums (aimed at DJ's for example)
that
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